Across the world, the overwhelming flood of anxiety-inducing news about the spread of coronavirus is prompting some to tune out or seek an escape.

在世界各地，关于冠状病毒传播的令人焦虑的消息如洪水般泛滥，这促使一些人选择逃避或寻求出路。

A charity in Thailand has decided to livestream its elephant herd bathing in a river as a way to give people a respite and a sense of calm amid the news about the COVID-19 crisis.

泰国一家慈善机构决定对在河里洗澡的象群进行直播，让在有关COVID-19危机的新闻中给人们一种喘息和平静的感觉。

“In order to counter the bad news on everyone’s timeline & brighten the day for those who cannot travel we will be live-streaming elephants across the world until further notice,” the charity wrote on its Facebook page.

该慈善机构在其Facebook页面上写道：“为了应对每个人时间表上的坏消息，让那些不能旅行的人有一天过得愉快，我们将在世界各地直播大象，直到得到进一步通知。”。

John Roberts of the Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation said he was thinking about how many people are cooped up at home.

金三角亚洲象基金会的约翰罗伯茨说，他在考虑有多少人被关在家里。

He soon had an idea: “Let’s bring some elephants into people’s lives, maybe we can cheer them up,” he told The Associated Press.

他很快想到：“让我们把一些大象带入人们的生活中，也许我们可以为它们加油鼓舞，”他告诉美联社。

Wednesday’s Facebook Live broadcast apparently showed the sun rising behind four elephants grazing and dust-bathing rather than splashing in the river.

周三的脸书直播显示，太阳在四只吃草和沐浴灰尘大象的身后升起，而不是在河里戏水。

The foundation, which is on Thailand’s border with Myanmar, rescues elephants from the streets of cities and gives them and their handlers a natural environment in which to live and roam. It also funds research into elephant behavior. It currently hosts 21 animals.

该基金会位于泰国与缅甸的交界处，他们从城市的街道上救助大象，并为大象及其饲养员提供一个自然环境，让他们在其中生活和漫步。它还资助对大象行为的研究。目前有21只动物。

Roberts says they will keep up the twice-daily online broadcast at https://www.facebook.com/GTAEF.helpingelephants for as long as the global crisis lasts.

罗伯茨表示，只要全球危机还在持续，他们就会继续在https://www.facebook.com/GTAEF.helpingelephants网站上每天两次的在线直播。